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Clemmons residents press council to limit roosters; council asks staff to review ordinance options
Summary
Residents asked the Village of Clemmons to adopt rules restricting roosters after repeated early-morning crowing; law-enforcement officials described limits to enforcement and the council directed staff to review a Winston-Salem ordinance and other options.
Residents of a Clemmons subdivision urged the Village Council on Sept. 8 to adopt an ordinance restricting roosters after repeated crowing that neighbors say has disrupted sleep and daily routines.
"We are being disturbed throughout our day and night by one rooster," resident Crystal Heston told the council, adding that lots in her subdivision are about a quarter-acre and that roosters crow "throughout the day and night." She gave council members a copy of what she described as Winston-Salem ordinance 2022-18 and asked Clemmons to adopt the same requirements for keeping chickens, fowls and pigeons.
The request matters, residents said, because county animal-control and law enforcement told them enforcement options are limited without a local ordinance. Lieutenant Chatham of…
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